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CASE j] THE MORGAN COLLECTION

14. WINE-POT with bulbous body, quadrilateral

neck, and phoenix-head spout. White porcelain, di-
vided into panels of floral and geometric decoration

in delicate colors.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height lo^ inches.

15. GLOBULAR BOTTLE with narrow cylindrical

neck. White porcelain, chrysanthemum scrolls in
brilliant enamel colors. Similar in origin to the blue
and white pieces, Nos. 13 to 16, in Case B, and bearing
the same mark.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). 9KHeight inches.

16. GREEN VASE with dragon handles. Brilliant

iridescent green glaze. An elaborate design of dragons,

birds, and flowers is incised in the paste under the
glaze, and appears like gold when seen in sunlight.
This is one of the rarest and fmest examples known.
It is a Ming piece, and bears underneath the lip, in a
white reserve, the mark written horizontally in blue.

Mark: Ta Ming Wan-li nien chih (Made in the reign
of Wan-li of the great Ming dynasty), [i 573-1619.]

Height 14^ inches.

(plate lxi)

17 to 19. THREETRIPLE GOURDS. Chrysanthe-
mum scroll in white reserve on a ground of brilliant

green enamel; on No. 19 the design is in gold.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 1 1>< and lo^ inches.

(plate lx)

20. SEATED FIGURE. In a robe decorated with

hexagons of yellow with alternate black stars and dots.

K'ang-hsi (1662-1722). Height 7^^ inches.

21,22. TWO OCTAGONAL WINE CUPS. White

porcelain, the eight panels decorated with flowers,

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